EJToday: Top Environmental Politics Headlines

"Companies Are Claiming To Be ‘Plastic Neutral.’ Is It Greenwashing?" [9]

"Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic."

Chemicals [10]
Consumer [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Grist [20], 09/12/2023
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"In Its Push To Build Houses, Ontario Says Energy Efficiency Has To Wait" [21]

"Rules to ensure new homes use less energy could reduce homeowners’ bills. But at a meeting between the province and federal government, Ontario said it’s focused on building fast and cheap".

Climate Change [22]
Consumer [11]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [18]
Canada [26]
Source: The Narwhal [27], 09/12/2023
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"U.N. Says More Needed 'On All Fronts' To Meet Climate Goals" [28]

"The world is not on target to curb global warming and more action is needed on all fronts, the United Nations warned on Friday, in the run-up to crucial international talks aimed at stemming the climate crisis."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [18]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 09/11/2023
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G20 Agree To Increase Clean Energy But No Deal On Phasing Out Fossil Fuels [32]

"Group of 20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [18]
International [30]
Source: AP [33], 09/11/2023
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Feds Delay Decision In Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Review [34]

"The Dakota Access oil pipeline’s future remains uncertain after the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released a long-awaited draft environmental study that will help determine whether it receives an easement needed to keep operating."

Activism [35]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [37]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [38]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [39]
Source: E&E News [40], 09/11/2023
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Experts Warn of ‘Denialism Comeback’ Ahead of November’s Climate Talks" [41]

"Even amid a disaster-filled summer marked by record heat, climate misinformation continues to spread online at alarming rates. Some experts fear it could slow progress at COP28."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Science [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 09/11/2023
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"A Scientist Manipulated Climate Data. Conservative Media Celebrated." [44]

"A climate scientist ignited controversy Tuesday when he claimed that he withheld key details of his wildfire research to fit “preapproved narratives” on climate risks in order to be published in one of the world’s most esteemed science publications."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Science [42]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [45], 09/08/2023
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"Biden To Cancel ANWR Leases, Expand Arctic Drilling Protections" [46]

"Nearly three years after the Trump administration sold the first-ever oil drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the White House Wednesday canceled those leases in a huge blow to pro-oil Alaskans."

Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [38]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
Source: E&E News [48], 09/07/2023
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"African Leaders Call For New Global Taxes To Fund Climate Change Action" [49]

"African leaders on Wednesday proposed new global taxes and reforms to international financial institutions to help fund climate change action in a declaration that will form the basis of their negotiating position at November's COP28 summit."

Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
People & Population [50]
Public [18]
International [30]
Africa [51]
Source: Reuters [52], 09/07/2023
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"A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water" [53]

"Lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched American West have held up a crucial pipeline."

Environmental Politics [13]
Infrastructure [24]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [54]
Source: NYTimes [55], 09/07/2023
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"Congress Returns To Overflowing Fall Agenda" [56]

"The Senate returns from summer recess Tuesday facing an impasse on federal spending that could result in a government shutdown, with billions of dollars needed for disaster relief on the line."

Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: E&E News [57], 09/06/2023
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"Hottest September Since 1938 Awaits G-20 Leaders in Delhi" [58]

"Global leaders including US President Joe Biden are set to be greeted by stifling heat when they meet in New Delhi this week for the Group of 20 Summit, where climate change is set to be among key issues on the agenda."

Climate Change [22]
Environmental Politics [13]
Public [18]
International [30]
Source: Bloomberg Green [59], 09/06/2023
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"Home Insurers Cut Natural Disasters From Policies As Climate Risks Grow" [60]

"Some of the largest U.S. insurance companies say extreme weather has led them to end certain coverages, exclude natural disaster protections and raise premiums".

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [29]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: Washington Post [61], 09/05/2023
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Shuttered EPA Probe Could’ve Brought 'Meaningful Reform' In Cancer Alley [62]

"As industrial plants have overtaken historic Black communities and burdened neighborhoods with toxic air pollution, environmental advocates and residents of Louisiana’s chemical corridor have spent decades calling for change."

Chemicals [10]
Environmental Health [63]
Environmental Justice [36]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [15]
Public [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: WWNO [65], 09/05/2023
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"Biden Surveys Storm Damage In Florida, Without DeSantis" [66]

"President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and comfort victims of the storm, but he did not meet with Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential rival, who opted not to come."

Climate Change [22]
Disasters [29]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [18]
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [64]
Source: Reuters [67], 09/05/2023
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